Daevid Allen was one of the founders of the British progressive rock band the Soft Machine in 1966. After recording just one album with the group, he became the founder/leader of Gong, which he left in 1973 to begin a solo career (though his first solo album, Banana Moon, was released in 1971 while he was still in the group). Allen explored his quirky, folky take on rock throughout the '70s and '80s on albums like 1976's Good Morning and 1983's Alien in New York. His solo work also included collaborations with underground rock impresario Kramer like 1993's Who's Afraid? and 1996's Hit Men, which was released on Kramer's Shimmy Disc label. Allen returned in 1999 with Money Doesn't Make It, followed a year later by Stroking the Tail of the Bird. Nectans Glen also followed in 2000. In 2003 Allen formed a new version of Gong with members of the Japanese collective known as Acid Mothers Temple, as well as playing and releasing material with his California-based band University of Errors. He continues to release numerous live sets and one-off collaborations in limited editions on various independent labels under his own and various group names. A best-of, Man From Gong, which only scratches the surface of his lengthy discography, appeared from Snapper Music in 2006.
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Just got a copy of Man In A Deaf Corner. Anthology 63-70. Recordings like that absolutely astounds me. Since then, do you know about this HUGH HOPPER retro, memorial tribute. http://www.dailymotion.com/canterburyscene/video/16335428.
Wot a larf this was... Yes that’s me playing drums and we stopped the city good and proper !!! RedJen from the 80..s band the Belle Stars is on vocals, famous for the... "The clapping song"... "Sign of the times" ...amongst others ....But I am really sorry I couldn’t do anything about the guy who was filming us from stopping him singing, never mind at least he was enjoying himself !!! I am working on my siddhi (mystic) powers where I can manifest a 6 armed form so I can play drums, drink water, defend myself from drunks, dish out free food whist firing socks from a catapult into peoples mouths who can’t f**king sing !!! Anyway... for more on Redjen check this links www.myspace.com/redtreasure and for more on us check this one... www.matchlessgifts.org.uk Peace and one love eternal... Hare Krsna :~) Mattydread
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Hy Guys! We are Mariposa, and Daevid has sung in our latest album his first vocal track in Italian. He was wonderful! to listen to the track you can go here: http://www.rockit.it/album/10521/mariposa-mariposa